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735914, Punisher was the best of the mcu on Netflix
Posted by Kahlema, Fri Sep-06-19 02:16 PM
>But The Punisher was actually pretty good. Mostly because it
>tried hard to distance itself from the other shows.
>
>It feels more like a crime drama about a dude with severe PTSD
>fighting his inner demons by shooting up people who just
>happen to be bad.
>
>Jon Bernthal really sells it. If you can overlook the fact
>that it's a Marvel show, it's worth a shot. The only real
>connections are o' girl from Daredevil shows up for a couple
>episodes, and then there's the obligatory Turk cameo. That's
>really it though. You can watch this without having seen any
>of the other shows.

Definitely has a different feel, isn't superhero/mutant/Marvel feeling partly because the main character Frank Castle doesn't have super powers or rich like Batman. Just a dope badass. I'm glad it got two seasons...would watch it on Disney+ if they revived it and kept the same cast & writers.